Deep Chemical Peels for Post-acne Scarring

Deep Chemical Peels for Post-acne Scarring 

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Acne is a common disease affecting almost 100% of youngsters [i, 2]. Acne settles in the vast majority by 20-25 years of age but 1% of males and 5% of females exhibit acne lesions at 40 years of age [3]. Scarring occurs early in the course of acne and may affect, to some degree, 95% of patients from both sexes [4]. Differences in the cell-mediated immune response are involved in the personal tendency to develop post-acne scarring [5]. 

Acne scars are debilitating and socially disabling for the individual. Treatment of acne scars presents a challenge for a treating physician. Usually they cannot be effectively corrected by a single treatment modality because of their widely varied depth, width and structure. 

A few morphologic acne scar classifications have been proposed to assess the efficacy of different therapeutic options based on the scar 

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Deep Chemical Peels for Post-acne Scarring Chapter 9... 

But the mainstay of therapy for skin resurfacing continues to be chemical peels together with abrasion [37 2], Chemical peels in use to improve facial scarring include alpha-hydroxy acid peels, trichloroacetic acid, and deep phenol-based methods [43 8], In this chapter, we discuss deep chemical peels for post-acne scars treatment. 

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